Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	29.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	139% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '21 at 04:05
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 613 70% 546 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3763) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.7% Poor	Lighting 37.6 Reflection 41.3 Parallax 38.6 31% 39.2 fps	MRender 38.4 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 27.6 28% 35 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 256GB 15,205 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: V1.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 566 588 600 595 602 604 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 690 Write 651 Mixed 564 SusWrite 592 141% 624 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 40 192% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 458 DQ Mixed 61.2 142% 290 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 230%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 291GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 318 318 323 318 322 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 484 Mixed 392 SusWrite 320 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 53.4 188% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 286 234% 334 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 117%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 104GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 102 103 102 100 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 328 Write 124 Mixed 186 SusWrite 102 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 16.6 4K Mixed 23.4 83% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 71.8 DQ Write 43.5 DQ Mixed 52.1 40% 55.8 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 774GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 137 137 137 138 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 139 Write 141 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 137 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 171 169 165 173 173 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 146 Write 98.8 Mixed 39 SusWrite 164 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 0.4 176% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX2133C11D3/8GX KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX2133C11D3/8GX 32GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1333, 2133, 1333, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 25.4 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 25.7 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 80%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	850x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	246x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	125x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	205x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	127x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	80x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	39x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	69x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	65x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	46x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16